Chitinophaga oryziterrae NR

Cho, Sang Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 119-128 : 125

Description of Chitinophaga oryziterrae NR 2-02

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and short rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A agar at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, and D-maltose are utilized. Does not utilize D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, malic acid, phenylacetic acid, trisodium citrate, capric acid, and adipic acid. Strain NR 2-02 (= NIBRBAC000498082) was isolated from a plant root sample, Jeongeuup, Korea.